Warren Kiefer was an American film director and screenwriter from New Jersey.
14 Facts About Warren Kiefer
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Warren Kiefer used the alias Lorenzo Sabatini, while working in Italy.
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Warren Kiefer named himself after the 16th-century painter Lorenzo Sabbatini, whom he admired.
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Warren Kiefer received his college education at both the University of New Mexico and the University of Maryland.
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Warren Kiefer got married and in 1958 started a career as a novelist.
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For unclear reasons, Warren Kiefer soon left his family behind and moved to Italy.
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Warren Kiefer had left his previous work and his family in the United States, in order to find work in the Italian film industry.
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Warren Kiefer worked in Cinecitta, where he befriended expatriate film producer Paul Maslansky.
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Warren Kiefer had already shot a documentary for Esso in Libya.
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Warren Kiefer was the main director of the gothic film Castle of the Living Dead.
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Warren Kiefer was the director of three more Italian films: Next of Kin, Juliet De Sade, and Defeat of the Mafia.
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At a later point in his life, Warren Kiefer claimed to have actually directed at least six films after Castle.
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Warren Kiefer's best known novel was The Lingala Code, which won the 1973 Edgar Award.
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Warren Kiefer lived the rest of his life in Buenos Aires until dying of a heart attack in 1995.